When I encode a ripped Blu-Ray movie to whatever container (avi, mkv, mp4) and whatever video codec video stream, I always make 640kbps AC3 audio stream with Eac3To from the master audio track of the disc (DTS-HD/True-HD/lpcm) and the encoded audio sounds different than when play the disc. The difference is very noticeable by the loudness of the speech and sound effects. When playing the disc, the people's voices and the sound effects are equally loud and balanced, but when playing the encoded backup the sound effects are much louder than the people's voices, and if I turn up the volume for loud and clear voices, the sound effects become so loud that I jump out of my seat or the house is shaking. lol

Did anyone else notice this? What could be the source of the problem? Any thoughts for fixing it? Maybe my Sound Blaster's driver over amplifies the sound effects?

I've also noticed a similar issue with regular DVDs and MP3/AC3 sound DVD rips.